Korean J Ophthalmol.  2016 Dec;30(6):479-480. 10.3341/kjo.2016.30.6.479.

Recurrent Paecilomyces Keratitis in a Patient with Jones Tube after Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy

• Kim JH
• Ahn M
• Cho NC
• You IC

• KMID: 2374006
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2016.30.6.479

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged
Conjunctiva/*surgery
Dacryocystorhinostomy/*adverse effects
Eye Infections, Fungal/diagnosis/*etiology/microbiology
Female
Humans
Keratitis/diagnosis/*etiology/microbiology
Lacrimal Duct Obstruction/*diagnosis
Paecilomyces/*isolation & purification
Recurrence
Surgical Wound Infection/diagnosis/*etiology/microbiology

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Clinical photograph of left eye demonstrating geographic ulceration at previous corneal opacity and radial Descemet's membrane folding (A,B). Clinical photograph of Jones tube in nasal cavity (C). External photograph of Jones tube (D). Colony of Paecilomyces lilacinus isolated from cornea (E). Photomicrograph of Paecilomyces lilacinus from this case demonstrating conidiophores and chains of conidia (F).

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